Mind Blowing Facts About Swim Safe

Good morning/afternoon/evening bloggers. Last Thursday Tracy came into Te Ngahere and taught us about swim safe. We were learning ways to stay safe in the ocean and on boats. There are five things you need to know how to stay safe on a boat. The first thing you need to know is to put your safety first. The first step is really important to know. The second step to staying safe on a boat is to check the weather. The third is to tell someone where you are going and what time you will be back. The people you should tell are The Coastguard. The fourth thing is to take a life jacket and make sure you are wearing it at all times. If you are not wearing it on the boat you will have to make a lot of decisions, you will need to figure out what one fits you and other things like remembering where you put them. The fifth and final step is to take a waterproof phone so you are in contact with The Coastguard and others that can call someone for help if something bad happens. What I learnt is that it is important to wear life jackets at all possible times. I also learnt that Coastguards are really helpful but if you wanted to know you have to pay the cost guards. If you do not know what channel they are on they are on channel 16 and Russell Radio is channel 3. Thanks for reading.
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Math game

On Monday Te Ngahere have been learning how to play matching the cards. The first thing we had to do was find a group of four, then you had to wait until Whaea Chrissy said we could go. We had to notice what cards would make a group of four.


The challenging part was not being able to talk. You are also not allowed to point to what card you need. On the cards there are dots, fractions, circles and blocks that are shaded to the right fraction. My challenge was not being able to talk and show them what card I wanted. The point of the game is match the right cards. What I did well was I tried and I made a set of four.

What I could do better next time is trying not to talk all the time.

STEAM challenge.

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we did a STEAM challenge it was super fun and a little bit challenging we got into groups of 3 or 2. We only had two sheets of newspaper and 30 centimeters of cellotape. I learnt that your base for the tower has to be big. My group was Jorjah and Isabella-paige. In our group we worked well together and we each got a turn to work on the tower. What I did well was work as a team member and collaborate as a team and everyone had an idea and we were having fun as well working.



What I could do better is plan more and think of more ideas.I think if we would have thought a bit more than just building it straight away. What could have worked better?

STEAM challenge

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we did a STEAM challenge it was super fun and a little bit challenging we got into groups of 3 or 2. We only had two sheets of newspaper and 30 centimeters of cellotape. I learnt that your base for the tower has to be big. My group was Jorjah and Isabella-paige. In our group we worked well together and we each got a turn to work on the tower. What I did well was work as a team member and collaborate as a team and everyone had an idea and we were having fun as well working. What I could do better is plan more and think of more ideas.

I think if we would have thought a bit more than just building it straight away. What could have worked better?

Keep New Zealand beautiful week

Kia ora bloggers. A few weeks ago Te Ngahere had a beach clean up to celebrate keep New Zealand beautiful week. This was happening in most New Zealand schools. When we arrived at the beach we were able to split into groups of our choice. These were our rubbish picking groups. Some groups went up on the grass by the road and some went on the beach. We found some really interesting things while cleaning the beach and roadside for rubbish. What was really disappointing was that adults who smoke were throwing cigarette butts a few steps away from the nearest rubbish bin. It goes to show that people have no disregard for the earth. Here a photo from the beach clean up:

Kapahaka festival

On Thursday the 19 of September The ropou of Paihia Kura went to Kaikohe to perform. We watch many groups because on the day after we perform we are going to make our way back to school. When we entered the stage there was a lot of people but w just kept on going. When we finished we were happy. People from other school congratulated us. Thank you Kaikohe for letting us come to your festival.